Thad J. Collins

Thad J. Collins is the Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Iowa in Cedar Rapids, appointed on March 29, 2010. Previously, he clerked for Hon. Michael J. Melloy as Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Iowa and as Chief U.S. District Judge for the Northerm District of Iowa, and for Hon. David R. Hansen, U.S. Eighth Circuit Court Judge. He was also an associate with Leonard, Street and Deinard in Minneapolis and a partner with Pickens, Barnes & Abernathy in Cedar Rapids. Judge Collins is a member of the American, Iowa and Linn County Bar Associations, as well as the Dean Mason Ladd Inn of Court. He received his J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1990.